\

I \Vtts sitting in 1ny Living rooin one day et¥1y in 2005 1¥1.d \V<IS

thinking th:it \Vestem CU)'tih~a Audubon Society needed to

1no,·e lx.;.vnd its traditional 1nission of public education. \\~

had a strong Board of OirectM, and I kne\\· thnt '''C '''Ore c<1p:ible of doing 1nore. \\~ nocdcd a cooscn·ntion project At

1ny firs.t 00.1rd n1ccting ~ WCAS president in 2003, I

1nentioned this to Jen)' TiniOOO\\', then E.xecuti\ 'C Director of

Audubon Ohio. lole said. "\Vhy don' t you adopt the Rocl..1·

River hnportnnt Bird Area Md do ll\·ian n1oni1oringf ' This

piqued 1ny interosi because lhe Rocky River 161\ is in the

1niddle of our geographical area 1¥1.d much of it is in the

Clevclond Mctrop.,ks (CMP).

I had spcfll the inten -cning t\\'O ye..-s trying to gencnrte

interest 1¥t1ong the \VCAS mcinbcrship to undertake an IB,1-\

project M)• elTorts hOO fallen on deaf ears. By c.arly 2005. I had dciem1ined to '"t:ike the bull by the horns: · ~1ly next step

\Vt1s to pick up the telephone und call Or. D:in Petit fooncr

Chief ofN<1tural Resources ofCf\1P. I kne\\' O;u1 ~ o ''-ell­knO\vn ornithologist I S<lid, "Dan. \\'W\S is going to ;1dopt

the Rocky Ri\'Cr IBA. C:in you use our help conducting bird

sun·eys therc·r· Dan replied, .. , . ,.e been \vtiiting for a force of

'vlunteers to olTer their help. lolo\v 1n;u1y people do )VU

have':'" He '''l'IS <tsloundcd '"hen I boldly told hiLu I coukl

1nuster over 60 people, Ln<1ny of \vhoin ''-ere skilled birdc.-s!

This " ·as hO\\' ii all lx.-tan! The rest as thC)· SU)', is histOI)'. and this report \viii rt..'\·ie\\' hO\\' \\'e did it.

Our rclutionship \\'ith CMP bccaine o true partn<.-rship. Our

go:il '''as o liulc fu:t.z,y at first. but '''C kne\\' ii hod ro1ncll1ing to

do ,,·ith ht1bitl'lt prescn·lrtion. \\'hl'll bccai11ccleor to us '''as th;1t

Cf\1P \Vl'ls t<llltcting an expanse of land bel\\'OOI\ ~linck&C)·

R~·l'ltion <ind ~1l ill St.rean1 Run Reservation nlong the East Br<1nch of the Rocky Riv« Titis critical habitut '"'IS l;1rgcl)• private property, ond C~1IP had a plan to ocquire this propcrt)·

piece b)· piece in order to help cre.<1te o contiguous p:ui; land

t¥Uund Gre~1ter Cle,'Cland. CloilP nocdcd our d:ita to bolster

propos.1ls for funding to pure hose p;"trccls. This bc:crune our

,go.II <ind our destin) ·.

WCAS botni mcinbcr Stan Sct¥1es sun1mari...OO the

iinportancc of lhe 161\ projoct by stating, "TI.e Rocky Ri"er

ln1portanl Bini Arco is lhe niost i1nportont con.scn·ntion

initi<1ti\'e \VCAS could undertnke. This project is identifying

not onl)• ,,·hat birds <ire ti.ere. but 'vhat binls ore not there.

This project is rcnlly niorc <1bou1 pt'Ople lhon binls.. bccouse it

,,·ill study the in1pact of consen·ntion on the quality of life of

poop le '"ho li,·e in the Rocky River '''Olershed."

Our fi\'C·)'C-~1r project of sun'C)·ing the Rocky Ri\'Cr 16A is

O\'Cr, ond this docu1nent n..")>Orts on our ,,'Ofk. Ne,·erthelcss.

our n1ission of pro,·icling \'OluntC<.'f services to the con1munity

eontinucs. We <1nS\\'et' the call to docwncnt bird species in

other locations ond continue to raise public Q\vtircness li>oul

the need for oonscn·tttion through cdue.1tion and fund-raising

octi,·ities..

101n /(01niTo. Prtside111

ff'tsu•rn C"}'<1hog<1 Audubon SQl:it(v

. •

Important Bud AIN Surveys I In WOO, Audubon Ohio, lhcn

the st:m: offigc of lhc NmM'lnlll Audubon Society, design3tcd

theRocL~ R.'cr"a111d(Eas1 Orn:b)11Sm lmponsn1 BudAroa(IBAl In 200$. llCAS adopocd lhc Rooi.') ltin"

IBA,. on1a., ..,._bad-""-"'lhc Easa Branch as

., ..i..,_-orlhc hcol1h of dns«OS)=m Ourl!P'I was.,

collocc cnxbblo dau., help Cl<'cbnd M~ sustain lhc na&w'al rcsourccsof &hc: Roel~ Rncr,,atcnhed for furure

gcnc:rnbons.

FundralS1n9 & Awart"ntU·llil$ing I \Ve did not need a lot of mone) to su•''C) an IOA, bu1 \\'¢ nocded some. \'k raised

funds by 1nailing nn nnnunl n1>pcnl k:1lcr, selling rJuulc.gro\\11

colToc, pwticip:1ti111l in llio m11\\1nl Grcnter O c\'clnnd

Cotnbincd Fcdcrol C'11np1ugn, offering bird guides for

don.;ilions, ;ind conducti"I ~ MJtunl Ult:rn\Valk nnd

Ultrall&rd. One Jo> nl \\1CAS member 1nOOc a signif.JC31ll

donobon ., help def no) lhc •ol"') or our I BA Coon!.._

UJt .. w .. & Ult•.S•d I On \I~ 26, 2001. s- Scorlcs. fonncr C..-of a..t. • lhc Cbcb>d Mcuoparu 2"". \\11Lcd ll mab tlnu.s.h lhc kocL.") R.i,cr IBA., raise funds for the IBA pqOCI IRd tmtt pubhc a""llrCDCSS for

conscn 11t1011 m &he Roel) R1,cr "'"t:ershed The Ultra\\lafk

has bocon1c a popul11r nnnual C\Cnt, M more \\11lkcrs ha\ c

joined Stan cmch )CN The \\ nlkco: rniscd funds to support

the IBA c0·«l b) '1-Clllng pkdgcs for the miles th~· ,,;itlr..cd.

A compant0n fund.f'OUCr bo\,n .ns the Ult:raBird bcg:m in

2003 Sl.dlcd birders c01n' ass Ill.I three rcsc:n <llioos in the

Roel~ JU, ct IBA. WI> mg bird obscn-..rions during m-o ~ s before dt.c lllara \\~ and lhc cb_\· m that C\"'UIL The

ClOWll UUPf'O\cd each ye•. adding to lhc funds raised f« lhc

lBAJll'OlCCI

Ultra

SJ•n S...dft (lo~) ON/ Tom Romito (right) ., me UltraW.it<.

PIA*: 0-ffdl j 11us period ol...,. h~ ,. rqibc ~11h

c.urupk:s of ho\\ nicrubers o(\\1CAS rc:ochcd OUf IO our

conununi1y n11 cit1.-.c11 Jicicniiscs n~c result'> aro cSe11r. Thac i11 DO\\' 3 bird $1)1\CIWlf' 1111 I.be Eincrakl Necklace Inn u• Rocl.. .. v . . Rn..-;• bonl""' box ,,..;i'" oh< Cbdaod ~~ L>o; mad oo :mnutd \\ CAS pt'C$Cll(lC ot the Cle\ d:md ln11ematioo3l

FiJn1 Fcsti ' Ill, Scimcc O~m1)1~ nt CIC\dand St114c

University, Nortlkl.mcm Oluo Science aud Ens,1noc:nng Fair,

and &z.mrd o.,,. Ill Hindd~, lllnortg other outrtoch C\ OllS.

Ea:il year, WCAS members spc& " KM1111is Club ond od>er

mcdJngs 1h.roughout Gtclller Cle, cl.and. m.lk1ns people tn\-an::

oflhc Roc:L:y Ri,cr\\'Otcrshod nnd the imporumccof prc5Cf\ing h~1tot in lbc region

WCAS memb.rs voluntetf 1t a public out re.ell event.

Recognition I In 200CJ, Do1ninion Foundnrion and Biodi\crsi~·

AH......,, •Gremer CJc,·cJ.md Coll1bon1frc &w Con..,. ..m, ro.:ogniird \VCAS ''1th a Nonhc.1 Oluo e..,...,,..,.a11al A\\ord. In 1n:iL.1n& the m,·nrd, 1hc8C 1ponllOC'S cited u1 for

111al..in& ' lhe 1mi11111ion l'ro1n set'\'1ng os n local chn1>1cr of the

Notional Aud11bon Socicty to bcooining one of I.he most active cun:n-bascd Cft\vunmcotal gtQUpl ID aorthcmlcrn OlilO and

ll modeJ progrnm for other Audubon ch:1p1:rs ... Aho. 1n ~t~·

2U 12, Pan1el::i Oobst, Mayor o( Roe&.) Ri\cr, ond f\11kc

P•lllc:rson, Scheduler for Congrcss1uon Dennis Kucinttl1.

armed the U!tna\\'alkn "h::n t.l'C) concluded the• ,, .. a1

die Emerald ).cd.bcc Marina Mr P.acnoo pn:f<ftood

WCAS ''db" Ccrtif1e<1te of Spcc1ill Congrcssion:il

Recognition sisncd h)· Congre5S1nm1 Kucinich.

<!trlifiratr of &ptrial <£ 1111 ~rtliliiouu I lt1•r ll 1ln iii u u - · "boll .. \ ( tl \HQ(>\ \tt;l9U\"()C1fT\

What To Do with th• Data? I A'\ lhl!i: report has s1n1cd, our

goal \\-OS to help Ct>.i I> sustain nlltur11l rcsouroes. \\'c did dus ~ colJecrina tc\cral )eats of d•a lhat described a,i ..

eommuruties m three Cb:cJ:snd i\ic:trop.;vb tescnlbOlls

\Ve ewne to belic'e that ,,.e noedccl to share our dnlll \\1th

'-SCncies outside of Cle\clnnd 1\llclrc>pnrks that hod sin1ilnr

goals Aocordin1I), ''e entered our dota into the Oluo

Onxding Bud Adas II, "hic:h rs aruiic-"idc eoopcrac1'-c: clTort thnt relic$ upon lhc p:inietp;itK>n of bird cnthol •asts

10 documen1 the CUITcnt distribution 1111d nbundnncc of

brooding birds in Ohio. Further, ''centered the dtlln 11110

o-Bird. This on line database of obtcn atioos. de\ eiopod ~ lhc C'omdt lab ol'Onulholog, ond lk Na1ioaal Auduboa Soc1ct), proYidcs sc1entt.'\IS. rese11tthcn:, and amateur

no1urnlists " ·i1h rc.1l4 tin1e data about bird distribution wul iabundnnoc.

P.,tnoffin~ I \\'CAS held t\\O \\-Orl.shops \\·ith e1gh1

~ta&.choldcr org.an11011ons in 2009 nnd 2010 to detcrnunc

" here our cll'orts nrc best needed in the future. Th-c

c:onJCnsus of the ''Ol'lshops \\BS that \\'CAS is best -IJoncd IO marl.a oh< IBA th...,sh public OUll"<4<h, ..i ''C eontJnoc to rill that role.

Wtb·based Mappin9 Tool I Jn 20 IO. Professor Sun1~Ghocl

(Gd) JllOJ! and h;, undawaiu3U: rncorchcn,. Cle. clond

StMr:: Lnnl:nir) ~1111 • ''-c~ba:sc:d C"<pbatoc~• m-s>Pina tool th>tt aiablcs e.i1i1c11 and profcss:ion:d aciaitists to explore: the

ti, O-)'ear sun 'C)' dn10 of brocdins bi1'd11 oollo::.tcd by V.lC: AS 111 lhc RocL:y R.i, er IBA. Th.is 100111 public~ access1btc a1

h1tp:J/.,;to~k:.C'Om/Ji1drod.-,ri,crimporuntbird1ra..

\\1ostem Cuyahoga Audubon Society is one of 500 chnptcrs

of the National 1\udubon Society. \Ve ore nol a birding

organiT..ation per sc, but an org<1ni:zation tha1 educates people

aboul oon.sen•ing n<1turnl resouroos. Our area of interest is

the '''Ost side of CIC\'Ch1nd, Ohio in Cu)·ahoga C.Ount)'.

approxin1atcly fro1n the Cuyahoga Ri\'<.T ''"Cst to A\'On Lake and L<1ke Erie south to Hinck!~, To,vnship. There <ire fi"e

other Audubon chapters in Northeast Ohio, including

Block brook 1\udubon Society, the Audubon Society of

Greld<.T Cleveland, Akron Audubon Socict)'. Cnnton Audu­

bon Socict)', nnd Black Ri\'er Audubon Society. In the

acoon1pnnying niap. the purple area is the Rocky Ri\'Or IB;\.

Area In purple indicates Rocky River /mportctnt Bird Area.

The Rocky Ri\'<.T IBA exists '''Ost of Clc\'cl;1nd in CU)'<1hoga, f\1cdina, nnd Sumniil Counties. The IBA O\'Orl;1ys the Rocl.1·

Ri,·cr, includipt lho Mnin Stein froni the city of Rocky Ri\'<.T

to L;1ke Erie and the East Br;1nch fro1n Rocky Ri,·cr to

l•linckloy To,,·nship. Tho area oonsists of ri\'Or gorges.

forests. ,,"Ctfnnds, nnd n11tn)' urb;1nii".od nreas. TI1rcc

rescn·ntions of the Cle.,.eland f\1ctroparks oon1prise a l<ute

portion of the IBA <ind pri,•a1e parccls exist along the East

Branch in lhe southern portion of the IBA.

THE NEED FOR DATA

;\udubon Ohio reoognizcd tl.e in1portnnoo of the Rocky

Ri,·cr b)· dosignatin,t it ;1s nn IBA in 2000. ~lo,,"C,'<.T, a

sun 'C)' of such tuagnitude of bird populntions had no,·or been

done before, nnd thus no data existed. \l/Ci\S nnd Cleveland

f\1ctroparks fonnod a partnership in order to fill this \'Oid.

We \vantcd to conduct a fi,·c-yoar forest breeding bird

sun 'C)' in ocdcr to cst:1blish credible and dctnilcd infom11rtion

about bin! populations in the Rocky Ri\'er valley. \\'ith this

infonnntion. \\'C '''anted to bo able to ni<lke defensible stldetuents about bin! population trends and their link to the

health of the h;1bi1<1t.

METHODOLOGY

Our plan '''l'IS to occurntely <1s.wss the diversil)• <ind abundnnce of forest brooding birds in the IB1\. We etuployod

a point count syste1n used by lho Cu)r<lhog,a \'alk.')' Nationnl

Park nnd the Sniilhsonian Migratory Bird C-enter. \'enr T''X> of the bird sur\'~' (2007) f cntured a \'Cgctntion surve,· at our

point counl stntions in order to mnkc stldetuent.s aboul the

kinds of hubitne " 'here birdg tond 10 brlXXI. TI1is report

describes these h\'O S)'ltc1us in detail.

CITIZEN SCIENTISTS & AMBASSADORS

As the rcsuh of ourcrf'o111.. \\r'CAS has 100 members Md

fria1ds ''-1'° 111rc 1raincd tnd experienced in cooducting bird

or 'qctarion Alt\ C) 1 Rtahll~ eaUod citin::n scientists.. "-c se on call to tapond eo r'CqllC$b rrom Clc\-dald

HN J. DONNELLY

ocky ATURE CENTER

$Cleveland Me

[\1ctropurks nnd c0tnn1m1ity Orgnnizntions to sun 'C)' bird

populntion11. Da1a oollOl.lLion. hO\\"C\'CI". is just one part of our

oonscn·:.tion initiUC1\C lit Lhe Rocky River '''trtcrshed. \\1c

ulso eS1nblish bird Ja1~tut1riC$ and olTcr adYioe oo. prcscr\'ing

h111bitt1l. More intportantl).. ''-e regul<lf'ly condoc.1 public

outrcd appemwtoet 10 inf0nn and cduCllle the pobl~ 111bou1

WCAS and ti~ Rod.;~ RIYC.T IBA.. \\e are~· ambassadors

to the commun1~

In order to tqin the fi\-O-}-c.lt btoodins bttd SW'\q of the

lB-A. 20 \\'CAS '-oluntccn aucmblcd M • ono-dl) planning meeting al the Rod.,_ Ri'u Ntirurc Cc:atcr 10

August 2005. ~ Tmian<n' and Dr 0111 Pct1t111Cftdcd the mooting. The ouieomc of lhc mcctina \\ 11 the

fonnation of three eoinmittoes th11 ''"Ou.kl lddtcs1 I.he csscn1ial oomponenl• of I.he projccl prior 10 the f1uheh or the finl sun~' in ~toy 2006: a Stud) Group: 1 Coonlinmor

Group: Md a Dcdtcm.ton Group.

The S1udy Group addre11scd ,,roecduros. 1estina. :ind Ir.lining. Dr. PeLil ins.trudcd tbc WCAS bo:ird 1n sc.ient1fie

protocols and de,-cloped ii tcch1\ic:il 1nur1ut1I for C\ 01') ono ·11

use. The group recruited obscr,·crs ur1d rocordcr1 to actually conduc::I the surv¢)'. 11•c concept ,.,.-111 tl1n1 one

observer. \V'bO '''Oil usu:1Jly tcmuod u1> \\·i th n 11ocond pcni<)n

10 record dt1to. ''-ould stond al dc!l111inn1cd coordin1uos f()r 1cn 1ninutes. on three dilTcrcnt da,11110 colloct dnln on

breeding birds during tho SUl'\'C)'.

The Coordinator Group hil'Cd ur& IBA Coordinator ,.,.i.oso role ,,-.. s. to mon~e the ~llC\':1ion or d:1u1 th111 '' ould rO!lult

fron1 the bcotxHng bi.rd suncy. Other duties includod

representing. the IBA ot public mtctina1. •ohci11na p~irtiei· p:i1ion of ,·oluntcen. and socL. ift.M fundJftl for the IBA

project

The lkdica:lion Group ·s rcspe>niibilit) '~as orpn111n: .,

a ·cnt to celebrate the adoption oflhc RociQ, R1'-cr IBA

II

nus planning rcsuhed in 00 Open ilomc in ~larch 2006 ...

the Roel,_ Ri'er N1tnre Ccntcr. Hundreds of '-isit<n

•1Cftdcd the Open House and lc.ancd about \'Oluntc:cr

opportunities during the IBA projoct.

From the Open l~ou.se cmert.ted a group of 50 ,·otuntccrs

,,-oo \\ilnled lO pmticipate in the sun~'. They altcndod a

session in April 2006 during \\•hjch Or. Pelil administered

llft indoor qu:ilificlllion lest for obset\'CS"S. based. on their

i.bili~· to identif)· birds~· sight and song. Cilndida1es had

to i;eorc 80 1:1ercmt occuroc.y on the test in order to qu<lli~·

iw obscr\'crs. T\\'Cl\'e e:indidates qualifiod to scn--e as obscr\'crs und th<.~n unden\'cnt an outdoor trninin~ session

on es-1inu11in,1& distance on the ,!&round.

OBJECTIVES

Tho IBA sun•ey hnd t\\'O objectives. First. \\'C '''anted to

llS!'CSS the nbundl!llCe of forest breeding bird populations and n1onitor ctu1ngcs in those populations O\tt time. The duta

thnt a nc1J:1,cd f ro1n this ,,·ork enabled us to c-.·aluate habitat.

lwki use. und en\1ironmcntol foe.tors that i1npacted fort$1

breeding bird popul;1tions.

Second, \\'C \\'111ttod to cc11nmunic<1tc the results of our efforts

to stakeholders \\'ithin lhc region. Stakeholders are c:itizen

IJ'<>'IP5 tmd public ngcncics ''ho have a ,·cstcd interest in the he11lth of die Rocl.·y R.i\-cr ,.., W. coos,,·stem. This report

disscmi:n;ues results to these stal.;eholdcn.

PROTOCOLS

Clc,·clood ~1e1rop;irks pro' idcd \VCAS ,, jth 1unps of 200

1>olcntial bird 1ur''C)' poin111 These points fell 1hroughout

the 1natun: ro~l and "nodl11nd &lands or the East Branch

of the Rod.) R1'C1" ma random (mbn >.U.u~ forests and

malure \\·ocxllMds MC St:md.$ or ltt:CS CO\'cring Q COOllgUOUS

nn:o of m Jeos1 fi,·c ocrcs, the cnnopy of " ·hich O\Cragcs at

lcnsl si.x lUe1Ct1 In height \\'ilh CllllOl>Y CO\'Cr o( nl lc<i!il fifiy

pcrca:IL \\'e gJcc&cd 62 pointt th• met (our enlCl"la:

I) Sqxn~'d ~ a llllfUIQIJO'I dbWK.~ of 250 mi.."'h'fi.

A IBl"&c edge is rt linear <>1>cning or n eloliCd canopy nl least

30 meters ''idc, 1oob as a road or u1ilj1y right-or•\\ II). or a

~· openins ~.ata- lhan 1,000 sqwwe meters. slleh as

bonbs of (11nn fields. resident ti.I ) ~or picnic amts.

Dr. Petit trttincd IC\·crnl \VCAS \'Olunlccrs enllod J>oinl

Finders 10 locat.c the points on die ground. Eventuoll)-,

clghl Poin1 Findcn ''ere mined llld rooci' cd :m cqu.a.I

d1stnbu1jon or the points. Their Job \\' ttS three-fold

Firs.I. onned \\ith 1nops, hand-held GPS units., ca.npnsscs,

and m.t.in_g tool.1. ~· \·cnrun:d OUI in h\~ teams

111 c~· ~14') ro find lhcir nssipc:d points. ~ oOcn bra,·cd min, "ind, deep fol'C$t, '1nd treacherous •klpcs in

hite· breasted Nuthatch. Sittl carolinens;s

order 10 nonigs lhc challcogiag hlbata1. of the Roel~

R1\(T. ~fill Stream Run. mnd ~linc~lc,. Rc:scn·:itiont.. ''hich CO\ Cr 26 1niles ort11c Rocky Ri,·er·ii Ens1 Brunch.

Second. the Point Finders clearl~ a'll'Lod their pointJ "ith C'.04oml nDbons so lhc Obscn·cr-Rccordcr teams coakl find

1he111 ''hen lh~· ''°"1 out to oondoot their bjrd suncys.

Tiurd. the Point Finders pn.."J>:lrl-d "riuen descripli e>ns of hO\\' to reach the pointi. Each Obien er-Recorder tc:1ru

tU(t\-cd • Cop) of these instructionJ

1\11 tin1e progres11ed. \\'C added lllOl'Q points lrt lhe CCQUC!ll or Clc,clund ~1elrop.111ks. In Yc;v T\\O of the IB1\ projoc.1

(2007). "-c added l\\'O points al the \1crrid;: pri\·ate

rntdcncc in lfincLlc, Rescn~ioa. In YcarTiutt (200I). ''c lidded sc\·erul po1nlJ in Rising Voll¢) north o( I hRC.~IC)'

Rc11cr, .. -.iion. In Ycnr Fh·c (20 I 0), ''c OOdod cigl1t 1>oints in I.he L.ul..c..-o-Lllke Tnil in )\.iiddlebu"* l ltights.

MORE PROTOCOLS

Ob.90n·crs usod a stm~nrd procedure to locme dit-:ir points. roco1'd data <ind dclr\'CI' bird SUf\'C)' doui roons to the IBA

Coonlumx. Eich ~u \\'35 assiancd a set of fne pomts

Ind rccxn-ro a map. COmpass. and \\nllCn instructions llO troch c-.;ich point Each Ob!tOl'\<:r·Rccorder ICO'llU ,·isitcd cuch l)Oint

tlu'OO 1i111es. once n dir,.· IOr ten n1inutos during tJ1e bnx."<fi111

5CalOla fn.:>m ~~· 2S to Jul~· 15. Md teplnlod each \iiit b) tll

~ k.' ~"5. These \lSdJ bc:canc lno\, n • "'poirlt counu. -

Obscr,·cr-Rccorder tc<1n1s used Rocky Ri.,.er huport<1nt Bird ObSCf\'CfS stood at their points during the counts, but could

Areo Forest Bird Sur.,.ey data sl•oots to rocord obscr,«1tions shift positions son1e,vh;1t to get beuer detection. keeping

at coch point. At the COlnpletion of the three visits to each their 1nO\'Clnents to a n1inin1un1. They only counted birds

point, the ObserYers sent their conipleted data shoots to the thal thC)· detected during the 1en-1ninute period.

IBA Coordinator for codin,t and co1npiln1ion.

it ..... -:.. ............. _ P,,..ot B"'S..,.....

- · I" ,,.._ =-1- -

..• -> -

-

Survey data 1heet eumple.

To ensure consistOOC)' in dnto collec1ion, only ObserYers

counted birds. Rococdcrs, if present, did nol identify or

point out birds to the Obs.en'<.n. TI•e ObSCf\'Cf and the Recorder did nol speak to C<1ch other during the sun·C)',

other than \vhen the Ob.sen·er identified a species and the

distance to the bird <ind oonununicatcd this infonnn1ion to

the Reoocdcr. The Roe.order. if present, kept time and announood to the Ob.sen·cr \vhen the sur,·cy \Vt1s O\'Cr.

Othenvisc, the Ob.ser,·cr kepi tin1e.

Our Obscr,·ers conducted their point oounts beh\'Cen the

hours of 6:00 a.in. and 10:30 a.n1. On O\'eruast. oool. or olher

da)·s '"hen teinpcrature and sky conditions did nol appenr to be cnusing a decrease in singing or other ;1cti,·ities of birds.

Ob.sen 'CJ'S could continue their poinl counts until 11 :00 <t.ln.

It " ·as nppropriatc to , .I'll) ' the tin1es nt <1 point to c<1pture

1nore data. \'leath<.'f conditions " ·ere importnnl for oc.cur<1te

dnta oollection. Obser.··oo aYoided min d;1ys <ind dll)·s " ·hen

'vinds " ·ere trc-~1ter th;1n ten 1niles per hour.

ObSCf\·crs onl)• reoocdcd birds nomiaUy found in forest or

" ·oodh1nd habitats, and nol birds loc<1ted in other habitnts, such as \vdlands, ;1djaccnt fields, or bx kyard.s. In addition.

they only counted birds using the habitat. They counted

" Oy-throughs'· (bclo\v the cnnopy). but not ' 'Oy-oYCfS.,

(O\'Cr the canopy) unless they '"ere spocies th;1t usually forage aboYe trees \vhile in Oight. such as ChimnC)· s,vifts.

Distnncc fro1n the Ob.sen·er \V<IS <1n in1portant con1poncnt

in identifying bird population density, and this is ' "here our training in distance estiniation C<1n1e in hnnd)•. ;\n Observer

recorded each bird detected by call or sight '"ithin three distanoo b;inds: 0-25 lnctcrs, 26·50 nieters. nnd greater than

50 meters.

For consistency, Obser"ers <ind Recorders recorded c-~1ch species either by full n;1n1c or by the four-letter ;\1ncrican

Ornithologists Union (AOU) acronym. Upon receipt of the

d;1t<1 sheds fron1 the ObSCf\·ers, the IBA Coordin<1tor coded

all bird species nn1ncs usin,t AOU acrony1ns.

Dr. Dan Petit (left) and Tom Romito (right) mark a point in the Rocky River IBA.

PERSPECTIVES

Here is '' hm ''''O Ob!cncn said abou1 t.hcir IB . .\ sun-~-ins c.~·

lterc i1 ,,·h:ll l\\O \VCAS ,oJuntiocn said .about their

experiences 11 Poant findcn:

SUCCESSES

The goal of the \\'CAS IBA projo:t \\"!IS to help protect natural

resources. By oollcctins SC\'Cral years of dat.a I.hat describe

avian co1n1n unitics in throe Clcvclru1d Mctro1>arks

n::savations, \\'C laid d1c foundation for future habiln1

protection. Folk>\\'ins arc signif icnnt outoo1ncs of our efforts:

• 2007 I \\1CAS oonductod a breeding bird survc~' at the

Merrick residence, located in the center of HincklC!o' Rcscr\'ntion. This farnily-o\\'ncd parcel CO\'Crod 42 ocrc:s of

forest and \\'Clland the d1c family had plnocd on the real

cstruc n1arkcL A dc\'Clopcr m:dc lhc farnily rn1 off a , and O.\<fP CQuntcrod ,,;th a bid lhrough grant funding. \Vhile lhc

bid \\'a<i k>\\'Ct, the ftunil)• agrocd to sell the parcel to CMP.

Our sun 'C)' data helped Cf...fP bolster it~ grant propooals by

sho,,ing d1m aviru1 s1>0Cics Ihm can be used to as."SCSs I.he health and cn\•irontncntal vnluc of the habitat

• 2008 I \VCAS sun·~'Cd OOditionnl points located in Risins

Vnllc)', just north of HincklC)1 Rcscn·ation.

• 2009 I \VCAS sun·~·cd 62 ocn:s of forest land along lhc

En.~ Orru1ch ofLhc Rocky River in North R~·nlton. C~1P

\\'anted to pun:ha..c this ~reel fmrn ru1 out~f-stmc dc\'ck>pcr. Thcdc.,.clopcr ngrocd ,,·ith O f P's plan, and our

sun 'C)' data helped Cti.fP ocquirc the funds to socun:: it.

• 2010 &2011 I \VCAS sun 'C)'od eight points along the

Lake-to-Lake Trail in Middlcburs Heights near Lake

Abrnrns. This c lfort sup1>0rtcd O f P's Sustain Our Great Lakes StC\\•ardship proposal for thc i'O,,.lfes J\l/a1:\·h /Jflhilal

Restoration Praj£'CI.

• 2012 I WCAS '''Orkcd '''ith Clcvdand ~1ctroparks to

publish this report.

THE METRICS

Estimatin9 Species Diversity & Richness I A di\'crsity index is a n1athc1natical 1ncasurcof species di,,crsi~· in a com1nunity.

Ald1ough a varict)• of di\'crsity n1ctrics c.xist, \\'C chose to

calculate species diversity a<; the Shannon index (H'). The

Shannon index reflects d1c di,·crsiry of s1>ocics rcprescntod in thc con1n1unit)1• Species C\'enncss refers to ho,,. c\'cn~·

distributed. or ho\v close in nu1nbcrs, CDCh species is ,,;thin

thc con1n1unit)1• All bird species obscn<od at cooh SUt\'~' point

\\'ere usod in calculations of bird species di\'crsity and s1>ocics C\'atnCSS.

Landscape Metrics I We c\'nluatcd t\\'O landsca1>c criteria

relatod to forest CO\'ct (pro1>0rtion of landscape \\'ith cano1>Y

CO\'ct) and forest frag1ncntation (configuration of forest as an1ount of linear forest o:lgc) ,,;thin a 500 meter radius of

e.1ch sun ·c)' point (Sec Figure I). To charnctcri.7..c the an1ount

of canopy cover sutTOttnC!ing point count sites, \Ve used aerial

imagCI)' collected in 2(J()C) b)· the National Agricultural

ln1agcr:r Prograrn (one meter resolution), Googmphic

lnfonnation S)'Slcan s (GIS) sofh\'an:: ArcGIS, Environmenlnl

Systerus Rc11c1WCh ln111ituto. Redlnnds. Ctdifomiit \Ve scloctOO the 500 111cier md1us to encornpass the ruluti,·c \Vicfth of niost

Cl<.n·cloiKI l\1ctroplll'kll •'CSCn 11tion.s muund each SW"\~' poinL

Sun~ p<>inLS '''Cl°C loc11ed in the foUo\\;ng rcscn·utioos:

I) i-bnddc) ~~ b:otcJM 1-lin..idq TCMnsbtp, Mcdlm

c-·°""' 2) ~flll 'Sbic:mD Run Kncn llllOll. locad m Ilene. "-~ ·~-JW,-onJ-,Jk. CU,llh>gaC"""'J".<ho.

3) RocL1 fb,v Rc::tcn....._ "Nell nn dwougb Bc:n:a.. Bloot Plrk. tbdanl.1 .U\lt'\\ t>.l.. l~ood. Norflamsacd. CJlm;tcd T<ft'lWiapW Roclt.) RJ\ct, Cu)ahasaCounl)'.Cbo.

Pogure 1 (A«"' _of fo-t .,.,_ ""'°' ina SOO mete<

radNs (,,_in r'4) MOund.,.. srudy poinr positioned in rhe aonre< of rho ordo. MS 1J l<knrifies rhis spedf;c srudy poinr localed in Mil 5....., Run R.-rion in Cuyahoga Co..,ty. Now rhe amounr of ....idenrl,/ Mid commercial encroad>menr ._,CNP n.>runl-. Jhowlng rheimport<1<>eo of pror.cting whdt is temaWng of rhese natural areas.

Patd1 Me11lcs I Al thou.sh n lruycr suite of \"Cgctation

chi.-octcn!tiic:s \\ llS "''aill'!blc ff"Ofn the "egctntion sun~'S, '''C selected a 11ub!ICI of these' nrinbles to describe the stn1cturc of

I.he forest wKicl"AOl)' SllCI O\ CfllOI)' ''ithin 50 meters of aich

sun"C} poinL Sclcctccl habt111t , ·:iriables included: Forbs (a

broad-lca'cd hcrbae~IS pl:mt C)lhc:I- dun a grass ). \\'c:>oct,. Slaru (~ p<:lll) uhtob o,.J..)).Jik species). Canoi>l Ccm:r.

md Canoi>l He .... 1 Com.._ "°5l<d bctwa:o rhcsc sck-ckd '~ lhhoagh the mrcimmnoom::brion \\115

on~ .t I pc:rcc:nc. tndauns s dca c:ne in Forbs "ith aa

mcn:asc in C'anop) Co'et.

WHAT WE FOUND

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1.1

1.5

1.2

O.t

o.• 0.)

o.o Hlnc.~tey Mill StrMm R«:ky RNw .....

This9..,,it..,..,.na t/tecl.ttJ from rt.. IBA"""Y' It"-> ,,... rhe fllbiLK In rho /o-t<led...,.,., of Hinddey /lese<vadon

f-s n"9"""Y '*"' IN•-• in"' migrate rlwu<jo rt.. Rody RiwerlBA CMf rite oil. twO~

DATA ANALYSIS

Ob1cr\1CQ collected dat11 nt cl'teh sun 'C)' site three tin1cs

during the nesting scllSon over the fi\'e yc.nr period. 2006-

2010. E\0 nluation of thi1 cl.Ma for specie$ di,·crs•I) ond nchDCM i:ndicatcs th• our di,·crsi~· and ridmca dale haYe

o -pl~ 1m>ponl hocrwrchical S1n1Cb1n:. To oc:com­modate: and bettcrc\'alurrte this structure, \\'C ullCd linear,

1n1xied~ITects models fi t lo oon1pare relationships bal\\'Cell

spcciot di\'crsi~· and C\'Cnnc11 and the lnndscnpo and P'dch

mclries described below.

RESULTS

Throushout our s tudy, the pc:rccntage of landsca1>e area in

rorcs.t C:O\'cr mngcd oon1ide:rnbly, frQni 37 IJCl"nl 10 95

percent. Similarly, the linear extent of forcs.t cdac rimscd

ftonl aboul fi\'C miles to aboul 73 miles. f\1cun lpctiCI

dJ\ct1iry and a ·cnncss clad no1 differ sigpif~d) ~cc:o

JUnC)'S, nor across ye ... 1lterc u-crc, bm1-c'\-cr 11p.d9C8'11

n::lationships bct'\\u:n spccii:s dR·crs:i1y and the ltndJCaPC

and forest patch mctrK:a.

A 1i;nif1CMt pnttcru \\'Ill oppan:nt bch\'OCll lpc:cic:s

d1,enit)• (H') ..d the proportion of the landscl!pC " 'ithin

' 00 mctcn of c:acb sunC) point ,,;m caoop) 00\'Cf

; I.A

• j ,. ' ' -' . ~

J • "

t:--'8"'4DWp .,._ • .:ii$~~ ,II') ... ~not'11oibc•lllC-.f""'fl t.iltldfftl C'IU!ud ~ n1 l!r4di IC'illhl. fimd~it' llldo.• It O!Oif iho.-mapu.w• ._ ..... ,,1c ''•IKilpr w• ""- • ~.,-c-.

~.-.. spo<iosdi-.Jty .... ,..__Jin'-ls­wfclt ~mat8y 60 ,,.,cent forest O»W. 1Mre WJiS no -ship~spoanrldtnessandtn.fom1-mcs musured within 50 mer.rs of Ndl surwypoint m~ured at tho lluidscetpe sCdle.

At the lo\cl of the forest p:i&eh (,,•ithin SO meters or each

suJVCy 1>0int), species di,·ersity po1iti\'cly correlates ,,·ith

Woody S1cn1s ttnd Forbs and l\C!lllli,·cly \vith Canopy

CoYel'. This suggests th:i1 lowet \+C&etntion structure suppOl'tl I di,-c:ne populatioa or btrd species. Jhcrt: VII M no rclationdlip bct"-ceo patch bathtat metrics aod species

C\"'CMCSI. Examples of this include doer br'O\\'SC and

invasi,•o pl!S't spe.eies.

From the dota collcctod, ''-e cnn conclude tb:rt activities

which inc:misc or decrease~ OO\'Cr m~· not tt1n1lt1tc

clinlctl) to a sabstaotial change m 8'-ian di'wsil)• wilhla the

stud)· area. H~'C\U, thc~scof somcspoeicsofbuds may noc n1atch thjs general pattcm. Thus., the habitat

rcquit01nents of those species cloo9ncd to be in greatest

conser\'otion concern, includirtjl those associated '"ith

mature fOteSls and carly-succcasion hllbi141, should be C\-.IUll!Cd on a case b)' c.asc basis. An cxamp~ or this

C0Dcetn II Cefb1ca \\tarblcr. "hic:h "-.S poori)• rqx'CICtl1od

in our stud)· area and has cxpcriCAOCd a population doc.line

in Ohio.

Vegetation Survey A COMPANION STUDY

WCAS cOflduccod a \Clctall'°" sunc:>' in 2007 at au point count loc•iofts 1unCl)cd dunna the Rcd"1' R.r:er IBA conson'Mion in111n11'-c Or Pait tnulKd \'Oluo1eers in plant idcnti.fic1tKM'I and sunc, procooo1s. Tho sun-e")' identified the ' 'e&etllli,,·c CCOS) stem 11 each po lot Each of the 62 poin1s had four subplots .. c11eh one mc:asurina (ive meters in radius 'vithrn n l1raor 30 n1ctcrcirtlc. Tho prolocols WCAS used to SUJVC)' the subplocs nro us follo,,·s:

Tho protocols WCAS used to survey lbc subplocs are flS follO\VS:

• ldcnlifictuion, 1ncnsurtrncnl, and countina of trees and shrubs ()\Cf I 4 nlCICl'S Ulll.

• Count \\oody pfan1 sccdlinas aod shrubs above 25 ocnlimetcrs, or ankle hci&)~L

• Determine the '"Clctllioft profile structure "ith a ~ing pole b) rcconling oumbcrof"llits"wbea lea\C$ touch the pok bct\\'CCll 0.0-0.-' meters,. 0 )·I 0 .....,., I 0.2 0 mch:rs. 2.0.3.0 lDCIOI'$.

3.M .O meters. and< 0.$.0 m&n.

• Measure ~ hci,Pt rrom the cen1er cf tbe circle using an infmn::d ranac finder.

• t.ilellSurc canopy lcnf CO\'Ct from I.he center subplot using n dcntito1nctcr,

• Docuntcnt tlopo, 1agpcot, dircccion or slope. and distance to large nnd 11n1dl open lll'C-lls nnd \\'Oler sources.

Forest Breeding Bhd Svrvty / Wetland Bird Survey

CATEGORY 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Totals lndi ... idual birds counted 2098 2261 2296 2S94 2S11 591 12151

Surveys Conducted 180 186 19S 21' 21' ,. 1011

SpeciesC"""'td ,. 61 ,. 78 n 49 9l

Rocky lbv.. IBA"°'°'' 8•ttdin<J 8•d s........, 2006 - 2010 Top T•n Sp.dod

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Top Ten Species for Period

""-lunR""' -R°"" ~V"eo AmwiunR~ _R..., -R°""

~V1eo ~V1eo NortbemC.wdNI NortbemC..dNI ~V1eo ~V"eo

Nortli,inC.wdNI Net~•mC•dNI Amwlt#'I Rol::*I Re~V••o N0td.1mC•clNI Nort*i1m C•dNI

a~.i., a~.i., 9acl~capp•d Clichclee

9.-.», a~.i., a~.i.,

Ameti~ 131.cl--copp•d 9ueNt AmeriC41'1 Crow Tufted Tiitmo\01 Sltel--(11pped Ctic~ee

Gol<fuh C"'6«1••

Rol-bd..J RecJ.b•led HoUJeW1m R~ied l!l..:l-<11w1d R.~iedWoo~ke1 WoodPf'(liet Woodpt<k., Woodpedui• Ck6ad••

ll«l~·~ - R.d-8<1;..J 9«l-«i~ Rol-bd..J -Gol<I' ... Ckdt..t•• Go1"t""' w.-~ ~.:.· WoodptdM

WoodTho.-. ~.,c .... ....... ~ ~""-' -c.- ....... ~ -e..... ...... ....... - e.....u. .. 0-, 0-, T...&.dT.-.._ r..,_ -~ ~ 'Mio~~

°'""' -- o_,. r.r...1-.... -- ---v.io~~ ...... \~odped:~ ...... \'Jood 'J'h.ush

Amtr1c.an Goldfinch. SP'nus tr1st1s

Lake-to-Lake/ l<tkt Abran1 A1ea Bird Survey 20094 2011

CATEGORY 2009 2010 2011 Totals Individual Birds U>unlf'd 283 286 S91 1160

s.....,., Condvctod 2• 2• 2• n Spe0<s C°"" td •S ., • 9 61

l.al<<-to-l.al<• / I.al<• Ab<;im B•d S...-..y 2009-2011 I Top Six Sp.dos

2009 2010 2011

R•d-wingtd 81¥\b<d Rtd-wingtd Blad<b;rd R•d-wingtd Blad<b<d

Common Graclle Swamp Soarrow Amencan Robin

SwMnp Sparrow Common Yellowdvoat Swamp Sparrow

Common YPllowthtoat TteeS ..... a!low Common Grad:le Amef'i(an Robin An'lfricdn Robin Song SparrOW'

Tree$ ..... allow Chimney Swift Tree Swallow Wood Thrush, Hyloclchla must'tllfl~

•

Rocky Riwr I BA Bird 5ur¥t'f$ 1006-2011 I Species of Note

Species 2006 2007 2008 2009 2009 2010 2010 2011 ~ ... ~ ... ~ ... ~ ... IM<• ~ ... Lah IM<•

Aide< Flr<ot<t... 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

Amo<lcon R<d>l"1 6 10 28 16 0 lO 0 0

Bold Eo9le 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0

61odc-Thwted Gr..., W¥blct 0 0 3 ' 0 ' 0 0

61.e-win<jed Warbler 0 0 0 l 0 0 0

Cet'1.1lean Wa1ble1 1 0 ' 3 0 0 0 0

Eastern 81v<tllrd 0 0 7 3 0 4 1 0

Green Heron 1 0 l 0 0 1 l

Hooded Worbler 45 38 35 49 0 52 0 0

Uxiisiaini Wattfll'lrusi'I l 0 6 0 0 2 0 0

0-blrd 20 7 12 20 21 0 0 0

R.by-<lv<>oted H.mmlngblrd 6 ' 9 s 0 ' 0 0

So<. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 l

WldTurfr<y 0 5 0 0 0 0

Wlow Flyocotd>et 1 0 3 1 6 2 11

Wood Duel< 27 25 22 6 0 JI 0 2

WoodTimN> " " 78 75 0 65 1 ' Summer Tanilc;Jt"f 0 0 • 0 0 0 0 0

CliffSwollow 0 0 - - 0 •• 0 0

• Olta>v.r.d In {ort1t during I BA ltff'Wy.

•• DltcovttN during Ult,.Blrd ovont,

Finances COSTS OF FINANCING AN IBA PROJECT

When vre cmb1ri.od on our LBA breedma bird sunC)' in 200-S. ,,-e k,nc\\ 11 ,,., soina to cosc money. \\'c hid no idea how much it \\'OUld cosc. but \\C L'no\'' ''"e \\'Ould find out as ,,"O got into it. Mnny t3sks ' "'ould require fuodina. such as cquippina nnd 1rainina ''olun•ocrs. collect:ini data fron1 the

lut\e)'S. and •ct1ina lhe word out to che publJc aboil• "bat "e ,,-ere doma

Management \\'M aoing to be another issoo. Our board could only can') us so far. because lhere is oot) IO far \Ohm&eefl c• ao before the) bum out. We \\·anttid a professional liO do cc:rtain thin.a•· We didn't know JUSt ''bat ,,"O '''anted such n pcnon to do al first. \Ve '''oukl disco,·er tha1. too, as ,,.c "'cnt alona,. WCAS sol;citcd applicancs lh""'lh Clc\CIM<I Me<ropor~s (CMP) for a pait~imc IBA CoonfmMOT A panct offi,-c WCAS members 1-nlM~ed fj,-o cand1d111cs Md sefectod 1hc bosc one.

In spite of our unccrtaint)' abouc ''h"' our C'(pon.50! \\'OUkl be 11M1 "-h• the I BA Coonl1ftll0t \\IS aolaJ to do. '' e mo,-od fon, sd bocwse "·c ''an&ed chis proJOCC 10 succeed. Funding for cho IBA Coordinator'• salary can10 fron1 CMP

;-s pnrt of our partncr1hi1>. aod fundina for other cot1t1 ca1ne (rom the Guncl FouAdt11ioo. Cle,·cl:md Zooloa,ical Soc1cl)'. Clc,cl'""1 Muocum of N*"ral HoSIOr), ..i Audubon 01110 As 1.unc "-en1 on. WCAS became c~pcn in fv.nd·ra11ins. as 1hi1 ropon explains on pase I. CM 1> funded the project

throu!lh tbe founh yoar, nnd WCAS p•id 1he IBA Coordinator's sal:M') for the fifth )'CM

So JUSt ,,-\st did 11 co1110 run a fi,c-, c• IBA brood ins bird sutvoy? As the pie cha11 oo th.is paac sho'"'s. the 101111 cosc ,,.M s~.ooo ,,,hh 11 pcrceoc of tho cos1 aoioa 10,"'ard 1hc IBA Cooo!inator's solory.

Our method or sWflin& and manaain.a 1he IBA proJoct \\'Otkcd f"or US bOCllUSO the Board tllUoCk \\1ith i1 th_rouah thick and thin. Other Auduboo 9(K:icdcs tllld COCUC~llM>fl Otp1izarioos lha1 ,...,, ., run IBA pn>J«U "iU 6nd "'>'S th11 ,,-Oft for than. HO\''e'\·er thc)1 do 1t. someone "'II hl\-e 10 rocn1it and train volunteers 'vho n1us:t already be expert

birders and be· able to follo'' ' pro«ocols. Other people '''ill ha'o IO raise funds. educate the pubhc, and a,;ncr tho

suppon of elcd<d off oaols. duoas we lcomed 10 do ourseJ,·cs.

Financing the five-year IBA project

$6,000 9•. $J.OOO ~·.

$6,000

9'"

• IBA~ts

• Eqjpmenl and .. Pl>lioo

VOLUNTEERS

Follo\\ing arc the people "ho have \'Oluntccrcd I.heir tituc und tolcnts for t1'° Rock)' Ri\cr IBA projoct.

Poinl Fi111h:n

Liz Clingmoti

~ Ot81n Jo;mocGcqcs T~ Go.tics Ooo JW..,-cll Jljch Kas<0uf And) Lihaiu

L;;ira Role1cnc1.1

Ton) RonJito

Colin Shep1):1rd

Eli.1_,;1bcth Spi11ncr

KatJ1loon 1ibur1.i

P hnt1>Jtra1Jl1c:r11

TCft} Gorges

Oil\ c LC\' 11

Penn} O'Connor Tern ~b11nt.1t

O.anc S1gk:r

Pogc S.cphcnJ ~t~ Anne Rom110

C. H \\'arrcn

Bari) \Volfc

Obll(.'ncn

Ken Ballm

Bdl Deininger O.:nc lhonk

Oms ~-.m lien~ FortJ:tgc

0'11\C Gras\:cmpa

None) llo\\cll

Ma~ Lou l.fura

Ti1n K~·nnk

Pouht LoT.ano Ten·i ti..lnrlincic

Dr 01m Petit

ti..lnl)' Anne Ro1uito

0 11111 • .\nnt~·s:is

Su7:inne Aklrich

NtlllC) Bucher

M") Cnu ~l:M) Anne Romrtt>

0.Cl Hoffmatt Jcari Holl'mm fem A1sninc.1c

Or TCtl) Robison

Dr Soo11 Rush

Rl.."CordetS \1c.'j,,~lution Sunl")Ors

John Andes Nwl1;i Aryucdas Eric Ol>I~ DamisllUdl Andl"C\' BtJolonsk) L...,.Ob~

Kil Birch K11 81n:h R)MOblo,

M..Ull<m<m• Kahlccn Bnid~ ~O'c.,._

~f;ary Cru1. Niii<) s....~ Bedi P3$CI.

C.a~ r:t,·nn ~11n1 Buno""' Jessica Ped.

Robert Finl..elsacin ~13n~n Corniel Michelle Peet..

Elizabeth llagcn Karen C;r.cmia\\'ski Dt. Dan Peut

Ed lnnocco.1j Leo Cl'cm111,,·ski Laro Rol.e.1cnct1.

Anna Julnos On'e Q,omk Ji..lal')' An1h~ Ro1ni10

t>.1ikc Pacek Jonnne Gori:tes To1n ROl'l)ilO

Ellie Rct1gan Terry Gori:tes Lir'lda Sekura

t>.f<1rty Rcyn:ird Seti)· Grt.oen Colin Sheppard

Toni Runiit(l Don I IO\\'C'll Liso Sheppatd Stefooie Spear Jolin K:itlo [);aneS;glc<

Kadtloon TiburLi Terra Martincic R~ S•e,,art Adoun ~lnrtiiteic ~t:wie SuJJi,ai

Jamie \lmti:ncic KA'lhleen Tibw'zi

Joe \lmtmcic Carol \\rtls<>n

TbaalUi to all or thtM: 1M:Oplc. all \\ CAS manbcrJ and

~a1•1>ortcn. and ~~I') ont' ctU'. "ho hdpal " ·itb tbe IBA projL"Cl.

hut ,,·hu!iC namo 1H•) hll\C: been o,·,~rtookt.-d and arc not on

listt--d thir. 1•~1i;te.

WCAS BOARD MEMBERS DROVE THE IBA PROGRAM

Throughout the fivo-yciw IOA sun·C)· period. \VCAS bo:n:I mc:inbcrs 1ua1ntoincd the 1tlOtntnl111n or lhe project. So1uc l¥C no

longer actJ,•c on the ~'ltd, and $l01nc nre nC'\v, but the follovring people !lt!ncd on the bootd td so1uc tinle in some ,,.3). during

this period·

G~lcAlbcn M•l Horctich Perut~ o·c ........ St .. Scotles

O:tud1a Andcn N~ H°"cll ~tat) Anne Rom1ao D1 ... SoglcT

K.1 Bm:ll Tern ~laruneic Tom Rom110 Kahleeft Ttbum 1,.,,c1._ .. Kun }.l1sl.e Sc<>u Rosh ~ Wotre

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